Polar Beer
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Was reading in another post that one brewer was using 25L jerry cans as fermenters. Got me thinking. Why are all fermenters cylindrical anyway?
Is this for ease of manufacture or perhaps ease of cleaning? Or is there a more 'beer quality' relevant reason? The commercial guys all use conicals, so there must be something to it. If so, is that reason relevant to small scale HB batches?
I know there are a lot of very knowledgeable posters here, who understand the chemistry and mechanics of fermentation much more then I. So please excuse my ignorance if this is a straight forward question.
Cheers
Paul
Is this for ease of manufacture or perhaps ease of cleaning? Or is there a more 'beer quality' relevant reason? The commercial guys all use conicals, so there must be something to it. If so, is that reason relevant to small scale HB batches?
I know there are a lot of very knowledgeable posters here, who understand the chemistry and mechanics of fermentation much more then I. So please excuse my ignorance if this is a straight forward question.
Cheers
Paul